MY FRIENDS, WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?

June 15, 2015

MY FRIENDS, WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?

Let’s go into the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and make ourselves part of the conversation, as  Christ ask the question of some in the crowd, who have heard the rumors about Christ being the Son of God. Who do you say I AM? A proud gentleman steps forward and says, I am Hindu we acknowledge multitudes of gods and goddesses, but they never mention a Savior of the world so you could be anybody.

Then a woman steps forward and says I am a Buddhists there is no deity so that excludes you, so you are just a man. A New Age follower says I am god, and I have no son. So you are irrelevant in my world. A Muslims responds, we believe in a powerful all-knowing god but his name is Muhammad and he has never told us about a son.

And then a rich mam comes forward and hands Jesus some money and says this is my god, and his son is called more of where that came from. Now it becomes personal, Christ now ask you and I “who do you say that I am?” But my friends before we can answer that question, let’s first focus on where Christ found us, and where he has brought us on this Journey He has placed us on.

It was such a simple question when we heard others responding. And now let’s sit beside the Good Shepherd, and recognize his presence, and talk to him as our friend and our savior as we realize, at this moment he is looking into our hearts, and oh that look, that penetrates deep within our soul that causes us to cry out Lord!! Lord!! I am a wretched, miserable sinner.

I am lukewarm, neither cold nor hot, I am rich, and increased with goods, and think I need of nothing and in spite of all you do for me, I have become so busy with the cares of this world, I really don’t know how to answer that question, because I have lost sight of who you really are.

But today my friends lay in his bosom, and feel the warmth of his touch, listen to every heartbeat that pumps for your salvation as we make this experience real, and once we do, we will know in our heart, the Master will never have to ask us again “who do you say I am?” Because we now have been in the presence of Christ and when that happens my friends, we will cry out in heartfelt repentance.

“Lord you are the Lamb of God who cleanseth me of all my sins if I believe and I will never let you go until a transformation takes place and we now know, His grace is sufficient. Our Saviors blood now flows through our veins, and we can now tell the world of God’s wonderful love, grace and mercy.

In addition, since we will never let Him leave our presence, our mouth and what we say, and put in it, is now sealed with the blood of Jesus, our eyes and what we see, our ears, and what we hear, are now sealed with the blood of Jesus. Our feet and where we go are now sealed with His blood, yes my friends every fiber of our being now flows with the blood of our Savior.

This question  “who do you say I am” was asked, because our Savior needs to know today how important is our Eternal Destiny, because sooner then we think my friends, we will look up and say the Lamb of God is here to take us to our new home.

So friends stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY